Rex Rocket is an adventure developed by Castle Pixel, LLC., released 2 July 2014 on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rex Rocket is
Rex Rocket is an adventure game developed by Castle Pixel, LLC. and released in 2014. It is available on Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Microsoft XNA.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Inspired by the glorious retro days of 8-bit gaming, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer that pays tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid. Old-school fans and platformer newcomers alike will find Rex Rocket an enjoyable and rewarding experience thanks to one-of-a-kind handmade pixel art that makes up over 100 handcrafted levels connected in an expansive starship-- each filled with a wide variety of puzzles, enemies, hazards and bosses. An original chiptunes soundtrack by Saskrotch, captivating setting filled with quirky characters, and ability to choose the gender of your hero is only a handful of the many awesome features in the game.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Rex Rocket launched on 2 July 2014, within three weeks of Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin and Valiant Hearts: The Great War. It arrived 1 year into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin, Valiant Hearts: The Great War.
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